Laptop Upgrading

[Zephik]

Does anyone know what memory Dell Inspiron 9200 uses? I looked at one website and it said 200-pin DDR2 and I looked at another website and it said 200-pin DDR. Does it matter or are both versions of RAM compatible with my laptop? Also why does DDR2 cost less than DDR? Isn't DDR2 better?

I also want to get a laptop cooling pad, but I'm not sure what one to get? Does anyone have any recommendations?

Hmmm, is there anything else I should look into for upgrades? I have about $140USD.

Why doesn't newegg have Pentium M processors? or am I missing something here...

lol why do I have so many questions??

[Mitternacht]

http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/dell-inspiron-9200/4507-3121_7-31223734.html

Here you go; 333 Mhz DDR aka PC2700

[Redundant]

I also want to get a laptop cooling pad, but I'm not sure what one to get? Does anyone have any recommendations?
Here are the laptop cooling pads (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2030080319%201276817102&bop=And&Order=REVIEWS). I don't really know which one is best.



Why doesn't newegg have Pentium M processors? or am I missing something here...
If you need a laptop cooling pad, wouldn't putting a faster processor make it run hotter?...


I found a video on your notebook (http://reviews.cnet.com/Dell_Inspiron_9200/4660-3121_7-6239888.html); I haven't watched it myself though.

[B1Gtime]

My Science teacher has this one.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834999850

Its pretty sweet look.


Or you can build your own like someone else did on the forum.

[Zephik]

It looks like I am going to have to build my own. The fans on this laptop are so far apart that the fans on the coolers wouldn't reach. Time to hit the drawing board! :devious:

Thanks for the help guys, I appreciate it. If at the very least, this baby needs some more RAM. I'm only running 512MB's right now. THIS (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145068) should up the power hopefully. ...well, definitely. lol

I've also heard that I can "give" some of my RAM to my gpu? Does anyone know anything on that?

And finally, my last question of the day. Is Pentium M the only processor that is compatible for upgrading this laptop? Even WoW tells me my processor sucks. lol (1.6GHz)

okay, I lied. Last question, promise. Is this socket 478 the same as a desktop socket 478? If so, could it be possible to put in a desktop processor if I could figure out how to adequately cool it?

TIA

[Mitternacht]

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7009

This is my topic about my 450 ROG. It's a 478 pin processor. Check out the differences; 1 pin is shifted. The other processor is a desktop P4

[The Black Pumpkin]

I think the Pentium M's are just slightly different, like Mitternacht said.

In fact, I think it is 479. I know to run one in a desktop, you have to get a board with a special socket.

[Redundant]

I've also heard that I can "give" some of my RAM to my gpu? Does anyone know anything on that?
This is a setting in the BIOS. It simply shares part of the system RAM with the GPU. I wouldn't suggest you change this unless you have at least a gig of RAM.